| EuroSpaceward’s mission – preserving and
improving life on Earth by going into space |
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| It does not require an extraordinary clairvoyant ability,
in order to understand that our modern civilization can only survive and
prosper on a long-term basis, if it succeeds to lastingly solve its inherent
burning problems, like the irreparable destruction of natural habitats,
the depletion of valuable raw materials, the ever increasing need for energy,
or the potential devastating climatic changes induced by a polluting world
economy.This is where the European Spaceward Association (short: EuroSpaceward),
a NPO recently established in Luxembourg and a liaison-partner of the Spaceward
Foundation in the United States, intends to make its contributions.
The non-profit association’s main purpose is the promotion and
dissemination of activities at European universities and European schools,
in the public and in economy that are aiming at sensitizing to the need
for the sustainable industrialization and settlement of space to preserve
the planet Earth as well as the safeguarding of its biosphere and diversity
of its species including the continuous improvement of the quality and
safety of human life. |
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| EuroSpaceward also engages in the introduction and coaching
of development teams at European universities, technical and scientific
centers aiming at the participation in the publicly accessible space programs
that support the overall mission of facilitating the industrialization and
the settlement of space, like Elevator2010, NASA Beam Power and Tether Challenge,
Regolith Excavation Challenge, publicly open ESA projects etc.
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| The flagship project of EuroSpaceward is focused on the Space
Elevator; a concept for inexpensive and safe travel from Earth to space
that only recently has been considered viable. By utilizing state-of-the-art
technology, a ribbon can be strung between an anchor on Earth and a satellite
beyond geosynchronous orbit. This ribbon is ascended by mechanical climbers
thereby providing ready access to space without the use of rockets. Currently
in the engineering stages this concept has attracted considerable interest
internationally and has been the focus of international conferences and
engineering competitions in the United States to promote development of
the required technologies. With the assistance of EuroSpaceward researchers
and engineers in Europe are now beginning to take active roles in this endeavour.
Concretely, the association has supported research teams at the
Technical University of Munich, Institute of Astronautics, and at the Polytechnic
University of Catalonia in Barcelona. |
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| Since year 2007 EuroSpaceward is organizing annually the International Conference on Space Elevator Systems and Carbon Nanotechnology in cooperation with the National Research Fund of Luxembourg, the Public Research Centre Gabriel Lippmann
as well as with the Centre Spatial de Liège, the University of Liège
and the Université Catholique de Louvain. This leading edge conference brings together high level researchers and engineers along with private industry. The objective of the event is to advance the technology development by examining and discussing the status quo of research in carbon nanotechnology and latest conceptual design of the space elevator. |
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| For more information please contact: EuroSpaceward A.s.b.l.
16, rue Michel Rodange
L-8085 Luxembourg-Bertrange
Email:
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